Glen Campbell announced his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in 2011. The country star's wife, Kim, who moved him into a Nashville care facility in April, reveals that communicating is a challenge for the singer.
"Glen is doing really well," Kim Campbell tells radio DJ Broadway from Connecticut's Country 92-5.
"He's happy and content. He's physically strong and healthy, but he has a hard time communicating," reports Taste of Country.
Campbell, 78, was moved to a Nashville Alzheimer's care facility in April, and that news didn't set well with several people, including his oldest daughter (step-daughter to his current and fourth, wife). However, his wife stands by her decision, revealing that although her husband's diagnosis has been "crushingly sad," she believes "indulging those feelings does not help him."
With the update from Campbell's wife, it sounds like the "Rhinestone Cowboy" hit-maker is faring well even as the disease worsens, as reported by Christina Vinson of Taste of Country.
In fact, in June Kim described quite the social life for Campbell, telling Rolling Stone, "He has longtime friends here in Nashville who come to play music for him and give him hugs. He has activities and therapies to stimulate him and help him experience daily moments of success. His life is filled with love and laughter and he is being cared for round the clock by people who specialize in Alzheimer's care and happen to adore him."
Campbell is best known for his hits that include "Gentle on My Mind," "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Rhinestone Cowboy." He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame. He also was the host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour," a popular television show in the late 1960s and 1970s, and as a studio musician played on some of the biggest pop and rock hits of the 1960s.
